git checkout origin/some_remote_branch
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> You are in 'detached HEAD' state....
How do I later find out what I checked out?
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ykaganovich
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Is there a use case for this or did you just mistakenly type "origin/" and need a one time recovery? – Andrew C Oct 24 '14 at 00:45
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This is for a specific usecase. I checked out a tag we released to a customer. I might make some changes to it; I might make a branch out of it later, I'm not sure... I just want to be able to tell where I am :) – ykaganovich Oct 24 '14 at 04:55
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Newer versions of git do a much better job in `git status` output. For the tag case specifically you can always do `git describe`. – Andrew C Oct 24 '14 at 05:01
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One simple command: git status
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
In the case of a detached head, you'll get this message:
$ git status
HEAD detached at origin/master
Lucas Trzesniewski
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This looks good, except I don't get the same message. The message I get looks like: # Not currently on any branch. Maybe I'm on an old git version? 1.7.12.4 and 1.8.2 give the same (checked out using 1.7.12.4) – ykaganovich Oct 24 '14 at 04:55
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try: git status
It should tell you what branch you're on and the state of any changes you've made.
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You should rather create a local branch based on the remote branch you want to check out.
Then, a git status would be more helpful (instead of the current "Not currently on any branch")
git checkout -b some_remote_branch origin/some_remote_branch
Otherwise, all you could do is list the branches which includes the commit you are currently at (in a detached HEAD situation):
git branch -r --contains <commit>
